To start following up with my observations about big long trips, at least for a part time traveller who has never done it before!
First off, my posts may be a little more sporadic now as this retired guy is back at work in one facet of my life that has never really left me. I work for a pretty big farming operation, over 6K acres and they need me. It is a 3rd generation family farm and I have been involved there for over 30 years. This job is a labor of love and getting equipment ready for spring work is demanding of my time.
Now, the trip observations!
Life on the road is nothing (for us) like any of the popular YouTube influencers I have watched for many years! I am not really sure what I expected but we could not align with any of them. I guess that should not be any real surprise. Everyone has different interests, skill sets, bucket lists and what they want out of life or the lifestyle.
The only reason I point this out is to let others know not to expect your travels to be like “X”. It will no doubt be quite different for you living on the road than it is for anyone you have ever lived vicariously through. One thing I learned… I used to talk about going south for 3 months in the winter. In reality that is never going to happen. Our 5 week trip was about the limit for me. I missed home too much. Missed my shop where I always have a project of some sort going on. Missed the farm! The only thing I didn’t miss was the driving (my career) and the way we did this trip, 4800 miles in 5 weeks was way too much driving for a “retired” truck driver!
Please feel free to add your thoughts as you see fit!
To be continued later!
First off, my posts may be a little more sporadic now as this retired guy is back at work in one facet of my life that has never really left me. I work for a pretty big farming operation, over 6K acres and they need me. It is a 3rd generation family farm and I have been involved there for over 30 years. This job is a labor of love and getting equipment ready for spring work is demanding of my time.
Now, the trip observations!
Life on the road is nothing (for us) like any of the popular YouTube influencers I have watched for many years! I am not really sure what I expected but we could not align with any of them. I guess that should not be any real surprise. Everyone has different interests, skill sets, bucket lists and what they want out of life or the lifestyle.
The only reason I point this out is to let others know not to expect your travels to be like “X”. It will no doubt be quite different for you living on the road than it is for anyone you have ever lived vicariously through. One thing I learned… I used to talk about going south for 3 months in the winter. In reality that is never going to happen. Our 5 week trip was about the limit for me. I missed home too much. Missed my shop where I always have a project of some sort going on. Missed the farm! The only thing I didn’t miss was the driving (my career) and the way we did this trip, 4800 miles in 5 weeks was way too much driving for a “retired” truck driver!
Please feel free to add your thoughts as you see fit!
To be continued later!